Work & commute · Richgrove

Work & commute in Richgrove, CA

Most working residents leave Richgrove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Delano (11%), Bakersfield (7%) and Fresno (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 Richgrove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richgrove.

359live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richgrove goes to work

Delano9.1 mi away

11%41

Bakersfield30.9 mi away

7%25

Fresno78.2 mi away

5%20

Porterville18.9 mi away

3%12

Shafter22.5 mi away

2%9

Visalia38.8 mi away

2%8

Exeter34.4 mi away

2%7

Los Angeles129 mi away

2%7

Richgrove (in town)right here

2%7

McFarland11.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%224

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Richgrove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

18%

22%

42%

19%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richgrove is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Richgrove are

191 jobs are based in Richgrove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richgrove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richgrove

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Richgrove residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Richgrove, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 191. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.